Champagne
Billecart-Salmon, Brut Rose
France
Rose is the signature wine of Billecart-Salmon, a House that is considered to be the benchmark for this style of Champagne.
Pink Champagne is the most difficult sparkling wine to make. The color must be perfect and there shouldn’t be a trace of tannin. This requires a high level of skill as a winemaker, given that the wine will not be opened for at least 3 years.
Billecart-Salmon is considered ... Read More …

Champagne
Billecart-Salmon
France
Billecart-Salmon is one of the most stylish boutique Champagne houses. Since being founded in 1818 it has remained one of the best kept secrets in wine.
Production is small. Francois Billecart prefers it that way. It allows him total control of a family business that has won the adoration of serious Champagne lovers.
The gorgeous winery and underground cellars are hidden in a small village surrounded by vines. Billecart uses some old ... Read More …

If you crack open a bottle of Champagne at a dinner party you can be guaranteed that someone, usually an attractive lady, will start swooning, flicking her hair, and then launch into a very public declaration that it is her “absolute favorite wine”.
At that stage I usually smile, mutter words of agreement, and make a mental note-to-self that time spent with the said individual could be fun for me, but not for the VISA.... Read More …